Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)

Braintree
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Braintree in Essex.
Location of Essex within England.
County	Essex
Population	97,840 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	72,064 (December 2010)^[2]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Brooks Newmark (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Maldon
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East of England

Braintree is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Brooks Newmark of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The current boundaries of the Braintree constituency is based on Braintree, Bocking, and Great Bardfield in the northwest, moving in a southwesterly direction towards Coggeshall, Silver End, and Kelvedon.

Latest boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Essex, the Boundary Commission for England created for 2010 a modified Braintree constituency with electoral wards:

Bocking Blackwater, Bocking North, Bocking South, Braintree Central, Braintree East, Braintree South, Bumpstead, Cressing and Stisted, Gosfield and Greenstead Green, Great Notley and Braintree West, Halstead St Andrews, Halstead Trinity, Hedingham and Maplestead, Panfield, Rayne, Stour Valley North, Stour Valley South, The Three Colnes, Three Fields, Upper Colne and Yeldham.

This modified list allowed a new Witham seat to be created and caused extension out towards the Stour Valley, the border of Suffolk, and took in Bumpstead which shares a civil parish boundary with south-east Cambridgeshire.

History

The former Leader of the House Tony Newton held the seat for the Conservatives from its creation in 1974 until 1997 when Alan Hurst defeated Newton to gain the seat for Labour. Brooks Newmark defeated Hurst in 2005 to regain the seat for the Conservatives, and has held it since.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]^[4]	Party
Feb 1974	Tony Newton	Conservative
1997	Alan Hurst	Labour
2005	Brooks Newmark	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Braintree ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Richard Bingley^[6]
	Conservative	James Cleverly ^[7]
	Labour	Malcolm Fincken ^[8]
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Klesel
	Green	Paul Jeater
	BNP	Paul Hooks
	Independent	Toby Pereira^[9]

General Election 2010: Braintree^[10]^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	25,901	52.6	+2.7
	Labour	Bill Edwards	9,780	19.9	−10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Jarvis	9,247	18.8	+5.2
	UKIP	Michael Ford	2,477	5.0	+2.6
	BNP	Paul Hooks	1,080	2.2	+2.2
	Green	Daisy Blench	718	1.5	−1.5
Majority			16,121	32.8
Turnout			49,203	69.1	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	23,597	44.5	+3.2
	Labour	Alan Hurst	19,704	37.1	−4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter John Russell Turner	7,037	13.3	+2.0
	Green	James Edward Abbott	1,308	2.5	0.0
	UKIP	Roger Lord	1,181	2.2	+0.7
	Independent	Michael Nolan	228	0.4	+0.4
Majority			3,893	7.3
Turnout			53,055	65.9	+2.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.0

General Election 2001: Braintree^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Hurst	21,123	42.0	−0.7
	Conservative	Brooks Newmark	20,765	41.3	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter John Russell Turner	5,664	11.3	−0.3
	Green	James Edward Abbott	1,241	2.5	+1.2
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Anthony Nolan	774	1.5	N/A
	UKIP	Charles John Cole	748	1.5	N/A
Majority			358	0.7
Turnout			50,315	63.6	−12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Braintree^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Hurst	23,729	42.7	+17.0
	Conservative	Tony Newton	22,278	40.1	−12.2
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor K. Ellis	6,418	11.6	−9.1
	Referendum Party	Nicholas P. Westcott	2,165	3.9	N/A
	Green	James Edward Abbott	712	1.3	+0.0
	Independent	Michael Anthony Nolan	274	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,451	2.6
Turnout			55,576	76.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.9

General Election 1992: Braintree^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	34,415	52.3	−1.9
	Labour	Ian Willmore	16,921	25.7	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Diana P. Wallis	13,603	20.7	−5.8
	Green	James Edward Abbott	855	1.3	N/A
Majority			17,494	26.6	−1.1
Turnout			65,794	83.4	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	32,978	54.2
	Social Democratic	Inigo Geoffrey Bing	16,121	26.5
	Labour	Brian Laurence Stapleton	11,764	19.3
Majority			16,857	27.7
Turnout			60,863	79.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	29,462	52.6
	Social Democratic	Inigo Geoffrey Bing	16,021	28.6
	Labour	J.M. Dyson	10,551	18.8
Majority			13,441	24.0
Turnout			56,034	76.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	31,593	52.0
	Labour	J.E.B. Gyford	19,075	31.4
	Liberal	J. Bryan	10,115	16.6
Majority			12,518	20.6
Turnout			60,783	80.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	20,559	39.5
	Labour	Keith Kyle	19,469	37.4
	Liberal	R. Holme	12,004	23.1
Majority			1,090	2.1
Turnout			52,032	79.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Newton	20,797	38.0	N/A
	Labour	Keith Kyle	18,796	34.3	N/A
	Liberal	D. Scott	15,204	27.8	N/A
Majority			2,001	3.7	N/A
Turnout			54,797	84.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Braintree: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Braintree 1974-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/braintree/
↑ "Richard Bingley PPC page". UK Independence Party. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
↑ http://www.rightofcentre.co.uk/breaking-news-james-cleverly-chosen-as-conservative-ppc-for-braintree/
↑ http://www.labour.org.uk/candidates
↑ Dyer, Chris (16 December 2014). "Former KEGS student to stand for Brooks Newmark's seat in Braintree". Braintree Chronicle. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ UK Polling report - Braintree
↑ http://election.pressassociation.com/Nominations/general.php
↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Braintree". BBC News.
↑ 13.0 13.1 Political Science Resources - Braintree 1997 & 2001
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

External Links

nomis Constituency Profile for Braintree — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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Labour (2)	Luton North Luton South

UKIP (1)	Clacton

East of England European constituency: Conservative (3) Labour (1) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 51°54′N 0°33′E / 51.90°N 0.55°E / 51.90; 0.55